Global Crossing Selects Lucent Technologies to Enhance Its Optical Network Worldwide

Business Wire, Sept 8, 2004

MURRAY HILL, N.J. -- Lucent Solution Expected to Help Increase Level of Quality and Network Service Capability for Global Crossing's Customers

Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU) today announced a three-year agreement with Global Crossing (NASDAQ: GLBCE) to enhance Global Crossing's optical transmission throughout its worldwide IP network. The agreement will enable Global Crossing to deliver higher levels of quality and service to its enterprise and carrier customers over its MPLS-based IP network, while providing annual operating savings for Global Crossing.

Lucent will supply the LambdaUnite(R) Multi-Service Switch (MSS) and Navis(R) Optical Management System (OMS), as well as technical support and network maintenance provided by Lucent Worldwide Services. The Lucent solution offers a next-generation intelligent optical transmission platform to support converged voice, video and data traffic throughout Global Crossing's global MPLS-based IP network.

"Network reliability, interoperability and security are key factors that allow us to provide dependable services such as IP VPNs, VoIP and collaboration services to our customers," said Dan Enright, Global Crossing's executive vice president of operations. "The Lucent solution enables us to launch new services and expand our existing Gigabit Ethernet offerings and transparent wave services, while driving our overall reliability and availability to even higher levels."

"The LambdaUnite(R) MSS enables Global Crossing to quickly offer various next-generation services to meet the ever-changing demands of their customers," said Gerry Cafaro, vice president of sales for Lucent. "We are pleased that Global Crossing has recognized the merits of our high-bandwidth management solution that not only offers their customers current and future solutions, it also provides significant savings for Global Crossing in the area of operational expenses."

Developed by Bell Labs, the LambdaUnite(R) MSS is a next-generation optical transport system that bridges traffic between data-intensive metro networks and high-speed optical core networks, connecting cities, campuses and corporate networks to larger, long-haul public networks. It enables service providers to seamlessly upgrade their networks and allows them to deliver new value-added services such as Gigabit Ethernet. The compact size and low energy requirements of LambdaUnite(R) MSS also mean operators can achieve significant cost savings compared to traditional systems. This flexible, single-shelf system was recently optimized for smaller metro applications, supporting in-service upgrades from 160G to 320G, as well as to 640G, allowing the system to grow when network capacity increases. Mesh restoration capabilities were also added to help carriers migrate to new mesh-based networks, while at the same time, leveraging traditional restoration architectures. For more information, visit http://www.lucent.com/lambdaunite.> With Lucent's Navis(R) OMS, Global Crossing's customers will experience single-user, automated provisioning, routing and proactive service assurance of optical networks and services allowing rapid turn-up of customer services. The Navis(R) OMS is part of Lucent's award-winning software portfolio of open, standards-based network, service and IT management systems deployed worldwide for multi-vendor and converged wireline, mobile and enterprise networks. For more information: http://www.lucent.com/navisoptms.> About/Global Crossing

Global Crossing (NASDAQ: GLBCE) provides telecommunications solutions over the world's first integrated global IP-based network. Its core network connects more than 300 cities and 30 countries worldwide, and delivers services to more than 500 major cities, 50 countries and 6 continents around the globe. The company's global sales and support model matches the network footprint and, like the network, delivers a consistent customer experience worldwide.

Global Crossing IP services are global in scale, linking the world's enterprises, governments and carriers with customers, employees and partners worldwide in a secure environment that is ideally suited for IP-based business applications, allowing e-commerce to thrive. The company offers a full range of managed data and voice products including Global Crossing IP VPN Service, Global Crossing Managed Services and Global Crossing VoIP services, to more than 40 percent of the Fortune 500, as well as 700 carriers, mobile operators and ISPs.

Please visit www.globalcrossing.com (http://www.globalcrossing.com) for more information about Global Crossing.

About Lucent Technologies

Lucent Technologies designs and delivers the systems, services and software that drive next-generation communications networks. Backed by Bell Labs research and development, Lucent uses its strengths in mobility, optical, software, data and voice networking technologies, as well as services, to create new revenue-generating opportunities for its customers, while enabling them to quickly deploy and better manage their networks. Lucent's customer base includes communications service providers, governments and enterprises worldwide. For more information on Lucent Technologies, which has headquarters in Murray Hill, N.J., USA, visit www.lucent.com.